PGTRB TEST SERIES - 12

“I leave my character behind me.” — In The School for Scandal, who speaks this line, and what does it signify?

• Lady Teazle – Confession of guilt
• Joseph Surface – Hypocrisy revealed
• Sir Peter – Admission of defeat
• Charles Surface – Reformation point

“The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.” — How does this quote reflect the tone of The School for Scandal?

• Sarcastic realism
• Satirical comedy
• Sentimental drama
• Romantic irony

In The School for Scandal, Charles says: “Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen…” What does this line suggest?

• His deep love for Maria
• His careless flirtation
• His cynical view on women
• His drunken immaturity

“An unforgiving eye, and a tongue that never spares.” — This line describes which character in The School for Scandal?

• Lady Sneerwell
• Mrs. Candour
• Lady Teazle
• Maria

In The School for Scandal, who remarks: “'Tis safer to be suspected than to be overtly innocent”?

• Joseph Surface
• Sir Peter
• Charles Surface
• Lady Sneerwell

“Oh, he is the very pink of courtesy.” — This line in The School for Scandal is an example of:

• Hyperbole
• Irony
• Metaphor
• Oxymoron

“You are the very essence of insensibility!” — Spoken by Lady Teazle to whom in The School for Scandal?

• Joseph Surface
• Charles Surface
• Sir Peter Teazle
• Snake

The line “I hate to see prudence clinging to the green suckers of youth” in The School for Scandal critiques:

• Old age marrying youth
• Financial miserliness
• Moral conservatism
• Social hypocrisy

Who says, “Sir, I am so confounded, and so—so—confused—I scarce know whether I stand on my head or my heels”?

• Sir Peter
• Charles
• Joseph Surface
• Rowley

“I know not what to say—but my heart is full” — In The School for Scandal, this line occurs during:

• Maria's rejection of Charles
• Lady Teazle’s apology
• Joseph’s exposure
• The portrait auction